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Adaptive manipulation of agri-food products

Reference	BBS/E/S/00000426
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Mr John Reed
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Silsoe Research Institute
Department	Silsoe Research Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	67,599
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1998
End date	31/03/1999
Duration	12 months

Abstract

This short project will examine potential methods for automatically controlling the orientation, position and trajectory of a typical agri-food product. Relevant to the BBSRC Agri-Food Committee support of quality and efficiency throughout the food chain, and specifically the Food Manufacturing programme. Foresight priorities that are relevant include sensors, design and systems integration, process engineering and control. The benefits will be a better understanding of the potential for providing new systems to meet industry's needs, and a basis for further project proposals. There is scope to develop flexible automation systems for handling and packing individual delicate products in the agri-food industry. These would deal with the sorting and packing of randomly presented streams of variable products.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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